"Huh! Where's my bobber?"

Meng Fan, who was chatting idly, habitually glanced at his bobber and found it missing from the water's surface. He instinctively lifted his rod to set the hook.

Whoosh!

The fishing line sliced through the water with a crisp whistle, and the tip of the rod bent into a large arc.

"Damn! Got a fish!"

Meng Fan quickly reacted, holding the rod with his right hand while his left hand rested the back of his hand on the upper half of the rod's handle.

If you compared Meng Fan's posture at this moment with Zhang Yang's actions after hooking a fish,

it would be clear,

that their rod control techniques after hooking a fish were almost identical,

Meng Fan had learned a lot from Zhang Yang's fishing techniques, many actions had become instinctual.

This vanguard fish wasn't big, surfacing after one round, but seeing its appearance, the two anglers were a little surprised.

"Damn, what kind of fish is this? Can whitefish really grow this big?"

It was indeed a whitefish, but it was at least a size larger than the usual wild catches from the Wen River, plump and very robust, about a finger and a half wide. Looking at its length, it was as long as chopsticks for dining at home.

When it comes to fishing, Zhang Yang is definitely experienced, but this was the first time he'd seen such a large whitefish,

This thing visually weighed at least 100 grams. If we catch a few more to take home, they'd be even tastier than crucian carp.

"It really is a big whitefish! It's the first time I've seen such a big one! Bring the fish over here, I want to study it!"

Zhang Yang, like a curious kid, gestured with his hand, and Meng Fan quickly adjusted his position, swinging the fish over to him.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed a whitefish,

In more professional terms, calling it a whitefish plus seemed more appropriate.

"Here, Little Yi, give it a close-up! I've never seen such a big whitefish! A normal one is large if it's a thumb's length, look at this one!"

Zhang Yang carefully held the fish, unhooked it, inspected it thoroughly, and even gave Little Yi a close-up shot.

Meng Fan caught a super-sized whitefish for his first catch at this spot, but he remained calm: "A whitefish is a whitefish, as long as the fish bites! It's the first catch of the day, we're not picky!

So many big whitefish, catch a bunch more to take home, and we can fry them up!

Not to brag, but the feel of lifting the rod just now was pretty nice!"

Zhang Yang nodded and casually tossed the fish into the fish basket next to Meng Fan: "These things usually come in groups, there might just be more in the spot! Keep casting!"

While speaking, Zhang Yang also picked up his rod, replaced the bait with two new pieces, and flicked it into the spot with a wrist shake.

On the third cast, the bobber started to move, the action after the double hooks hit the bottom was noticeably more exaggerated than with crucian carp, often submerging one division of the bobber or even causing a blackout.

Zhang Yang tentatively set the hook, and the resistance transmitted from the rod tip was indeed substantial,

When he surfaced the fish and took a look, good heavens, after missing two bites, he had managed to catch two large whitefish at once!

"Here comes the whitefish school! Look, a double catch! They're really strong!"

Zhang Yang lifted his forearm, quickly bringing the two whitefish in front of him.

With such a double catch right off the bat, it was clear the spot had attracted a school of whitefish. Zhang Yang decisively took out the Blocking Needle from his tackle box, secured the mouth of the fish basket, and began fishing with high frequency and energy!

Over the next hour and a bit, Zhang Yang and Meng Fan found themselves completely surrounded by a school of whitefish.

All the previously tiny whitefish were nowhere to be seen. They were all over 50 grams, some even 100 grams each.

Every time the bait hit the water, it was another double catch of large whitefish.

This kind of large whitefish preferred to eat bait in the water layer 10 centimeters from the bottom, and the bobber action was very exaggerated, with a one-division mouth being commonplace.

For a moment, Zhang Yang even had the illusion that just fishing for these wasn't half bad at all, the feel was there, the bobber action was there, it was thrilling!

The rod they were using was short, and the water wasn't deep, so fishing whitefish with a 4.5-meter rod was as easy as Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts, a piece of cake. From catching the first fish, the two of them fished faster and faster, eventually reaching a continuous catch.

Time unknowingly reached around eleven in the morning, and the seemingly endless whitefish school finally started to thin out.

The bait ball on Zhang Yang's lunch box had shrunk by more than half, and there were at least a hundred large whitefish in the fish basket.

"The bite's basically stopped here! Looks like the whitefish school is fished out or has moved on! What a thrill!"

Meng Fan wiped his forehead with his sleeve and exclaimed, exhilarated.

Zhang Yang nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, these must have been released from the reservoir upstream!

The upstream reservoir hasn't been fished much, so the whitefish grew bigger!

Thankfully I had the foresight to mix a lot of mud when setting up the spot, otherwise, the ground bait we set up in the morning would have long been consumed by the whitefish school!"

"Now that the bite's stopped, what should we do? Add a bit more bait?" Meng Fan asked.

Zhang Yang hesitated slightly and nodded: "Let's add a bit more, just to be safe!

It's just around eleven, so we'll bait the spot and then head back to shore to eat something!"

"Alright, Brother Yang, you prepare the spot, I'll go to the village to buy some food!" Meng Fan immediately stood up from his fishing position and waded his way to the shore.

When Meng Fan and Zhang Yang went fishing together, Meng Fan was always like this, eagerly buying food and water without hesitation.

At first, Zhang Yang would argue with him until they were red in the face, but as their relationship grew, he stopped competing, smoothing things over in other ways, and the two gradually went from being clients to becoming buddies.